折跟头
zhē gēn tou
Pinyin

Definition

折跟头
 - 
zhē gēn tou
  1. to do a somersault
  2. to turn head over heels

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

跟
gēn
  1. 1 heel
  2. 2 to follow closely
  3. 3 to go with
  4. 4 (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. 5 with
  6. 6 compared with
  7. 7 to
  8. 8 towards
  9. 9 and (joining two nouns)
打折
dǎ zhé
  1. 1 to give a discount
折
shé
  1. 1 to break (e.g. stick or bone)
  2. 2 a loss
折扣
zhé kòu
  1. 1 discount
折服
zhé fú
  1. 1 to convince
  2. 2 to subdue
  3. 3 to be convinced
  4. 4 to be bowled over
折磨
zhé mó
  1. 1 to torment
  2. 2 to torture
折腾
zhē teng
  1. 1 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
  2. 2 to repeat sth over and over again
  3. 3 to torment sb
  4. 4 to play crazy
  5. 5 to squander (time, money)
挫折
cuò zhé
  1. 1 setback
  2. 2 reverse
  3. 3 check
  4. 4 defeat
  5. 5 frustration
  6. 6 disappointment
  7. 7 to frustrate
  8. 8 to discourage
  9. 9 to set sb back
  10. 10 to blunt
  11. 11 to subdue
曲折
qū zhé
  1. 1 winding
  2. 2 (fig.) complicated
跟着
gēn zhe
  1. 1 to follow after
  2. 2 immediately afterwards
跟踪
gēn zōng
  1. 1 to follow sb's tracks
  2. 2 to tail
  3. 3 to shadow
  4. 4 tracking
跟随
gēn suí
  1. 1 to follow
跟风
gēn fēng
  1. 1 to go with the tide
  2. 2 to blindly follow the crowd
  3. 3 to follow the trend
高跟鞋
gāo gēn xié
  1. 1 high-heeled shoes
一波三折
yī bō sān zhé
  1. 1 calligraphic flourish with many twists
  2. 2 fig. many twists and turns
不折不扣
bù zhé bù kòu
  1. 1 a hundred percent
  2. 2 to the letter
  3. 3 out-and-out
九折
jiǔ zhé
  1. 1 10% off (price)
周折
zhōu zhé
  1. 1 twists and turns
  2. 2 vicissitude
  3. 3 complication
  4. 4 difficulty
  5. 5 effort
  6. 6 CL:番[fān]
夭折
yāo zhé
  1. 1 to die young or prematurely
  2. 2 to come to a premature end
  3. 3 to be aborted prematurely
奏折
zòu zhé
  1. 1 memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)

Idioms (9)

一折两段
yī zhé liǎng duàn
  1. 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
  1. 1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
朱云折槛
Zhū Yún zhē kǎn
  1. 1 Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
百折不挠
bǎi zhé bù náo
  1. 1 to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
  2. 2 to be undaunted by repeated setbacks
  3. 3 to be indomitable
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
  1. 1 lit. windy and circuitous
  2. 2 difficult (idiom)
蠹众木折
dù zhòng mù zhé
  1. 1 Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
赔了夫人又折兵
péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng
  1. 1 having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
迂回曲折
yū huí qū zhé
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
  2. 2 going around in circles

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